Academy in Exile is pleased to announce its 2025 fellowship program funded by the Mellon Foundation. AiE invites scholars at risk to apply for five fellowships (12 months each) at TU Dortmund University and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen. Eligible are scholars from any country who have a PhD in the humanities, social sciences, or law, and who are at risk because of their academic work and/or civic engagement in human rights, democracy, and the pursuit of academic freedom. The application deadline is 15 November 2025. Please find the call for applications attached. 

If you have any questions, please send an email to applications.aie.kuwi@tu-dortmund.de.